The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1887-11-17
THE PURE DERRIVITYAND SE C.
TIONLISM OF THE REPUB.
IICAN PARTY PROVED
IN THE TUESDAYS
ELECTION.

rhe Poverty of Patriotism and
Principle the Same and az
Complete as In its
origin.
EDITOR OF THE PREss:-Faithless
to the constitution and laws of the
land in its inception, the Republican
party is true to nothing but its own
up petitions to its legislature to take
immeniate steps to come out of the
union long before 1860; and when its
Governor said he would see executed
a decision of the State CnpsEt against
decree of the United States Court, if
any judges would declare such one,
the party is susceptible of no progress
or improvement, and considers its
tactics, its reconstructions. and the
amended constitution, no naore sacred
than 1t did the one established by the
fathers of our country-that became
in its eyes IA League with Death"
and "A Covenant with He'll" and the
old flag trsmpled under foot and pro
nouneed "a Polluted Rag" and IA
FlauntiDg Lie" Conventions of
Republicans, like indians in war
dances around the suspended scslps of
their enemies, yelled in frenzy against
the old government and its emb,ems,
and they are now just as dissatisfied
after a quarter of a century of power
and plumber and patching as they were
before. The truth is its heart is rOtte n
and stinks as bad as Ben Wade said
the old Whig party did-and chang
ing its name only made it worse
stealing the name of Republican only
intensified it's hyPocricy and treason.
In eleven States in 1860 statutory de
fiance to the federal laws had become
matter of judicial record and supreme
authority-OhiO twelfth State has
already been referred to-whoever re
sisted In Ohio the demands OF the Re.
publican PARTY met with the fate that
left Chief Justice Swan, who disap-
appeared from political life becauee he
stood in the breech to save Ohio from
committing treason.
Il was amusing to see what the
Cleveland Herald had to say about him
two or three years ago, at the time of
his death. 1t read like the death bed
confession of bloody murderer. But
1 have not much time for an article.
There is material enough to fill ma.
gszine.
The late election was characteristic,
logical. representative-this must be
conceded. If Ohio has gone other,
wise, few times since the war, it was
when she was under repentance, and
struck with convictions that placed
her at a disadvantage. The friends of
q ,od government were able to see and
improve the opportunity. But she is
Joined to her idols.
The Democracy never had better
candidates or advocates. To attempt
to explain it's defeat by condeming
the utterances and appearance of the
two distinguished statesmen from the
South, who entered the lists to assert
their fidelity to the union, and the
sincerity Of the South in its obedience
to all the measures of reconstruction,
though many of them had been very
is species of baseness in |
which I think the Cleveland Leader |
has been surpassed by at least one
Democratic organ. 1 pray you will not |
join 1t. Must Ohio Democrats raise |
bloody shirt standard i'm order to tind |
support, and excommunicate and re |
ject the statesmen and orators of the |
South. With them secession sis not
a living issue" But with the Repub-
lican party it is, and always has been
q living issue, and when disunion, Sc,
cession, aud notification are dead is
sues, the Republican party is dead
party. All hail to Thomas Ewing,
no grander utterances We're ever made
than he has given forth in the can.
vass. His views of the purposes and
character of the Republican party will
make history thousand years hence,
and confirm the fact that Repu alicau-
ism as displayed in America, in this
epoch, has developed more corruption
aud demagogism than have cursed
any other nation in ancient or modern
umss. ***